"It was an iron routine. Strangeways was a man of iron routine. Unfortunately, strict patterns of behavior can be deadly if they are read by an enemy."
Chapter 1, Hear You Loud and Clear, pg. 13

"Three weeks later, in London, March came in like a rattlesnake."
Chapter 2, Choice of Weapons, pg. 19

"Bond felt unreasonably sad. How could one have such ties with an inanimate object, an ugly one at that, and, he had to admit it, with a weapon that was not in the same class as the ones chosen by the Armourer? But he had the ties and M was going to cut them."
Chapter 2, Choice of Weapons, pg. 30

"Bond looked across into M's eyes. For the first time in his life he hated the man. He knew perfectly well why M was being tough and mean. It was deferred punishment for having nearly got killed on his...